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Just a quickie.......ref our conversations last week regarding Athens access. I have had a route around the Warwick site as I thought they may have greater access abilities through Athens?? Anyway, if you go to this page it sets you up with your Athens access via Warwick.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/electronicresources/passwords

Hope it is of some use to people :o)

Just bought a sociology text book (Haralambos)....£30 - ouch - so off to recover !!!!!!

Te Whariki

I found a link to the Te Whariki curriculum.....it is the full 100 or so pages - I have had a look at it and found pages 13-16 give you the basic principles. That is my sharing bit done for the day :o)

Let me know if you find it useful / interesting.....I know some are not used to blogs so just a quick teach.......at the bottom of this post there is a comments tag that you can click on and leave me a comment......go on, let me know that someone is here :o)

Also, you can subscribe to a system that sends you messages when a blog you read posts something new-on the right hand side under followers. Now, granted, you won't get a huge amount from me cause I am pants at updating this - I have a busy life !!!!!! But if you have not already done so, check out Jen's.....she is always updating hers with useful stuff !!!

Whole day in tomorrow to put the finishing touches to my language presentation and report.

Have fun

Happy New Year

Hi all.......but then again looking at the feed here no-one is visiting......my fault for not posting regularly - will try and do better this year!!

First day back today was good (even if it was a bit sparse of students!!!).

As I promised in class, here are the links I found for the Interim report by Jim Rose.

JIM ROSE INTERIM REPORT this is actually the Primary Curriculum Review website so possibly one to bookmark to keep up with it ? Top right of the page shows the report, brief letter, interim letter etc, all of which I found interesting (or is that just me??!!).
(report also found here too.....should you not like the first link!!!!! TEACHERNET)

also a link to the QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority whose curriculum Department is supporting Jim Rose (or Sir Jim Rose to be correct). Towards the bottom of this link page is the time line for the report.

Hope that helps.....let me know. Have a good week :o)

I am still around....

......for anyone that has missed me, I am still here just not very visible at the moment. Hate missing school, really hate it, I always have, but unfortunately things happen that you need to deal with. Hopefully all should be sorted to a manageable level soon and I will be back with a vengeance.

Thanks to Clare for keeping me updated.....will pay you back.....I owe you one should you ever need it :o)

Time anyone???

Anyone got some time for me to borrow??? Sooo much to do. Trying to get my primary research project for Lin's class done early so that I am not doing a last minute finish but not getting very far. I decided to have a couple of nights to myself to refresh my brain and start again fresh this week and today I spent my lunch hour at work doing some study rather than getting distracted at home and it seemed to work quite well. Still not enough hours in my day. Hopefully it will all settle down soon ........ once I stop worrying about it all!!!!!!!

Doing some reading on the Lord Laming inquiry (click for link) and at the same time the news was reporting the story of the 17 month old boy who was killed in Aug 2007 by his mothers partner, friend and mother who have now all been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. This carries a 14 year max sentence. This has happened in the same disctrict as that in which Victoria Climbie lived, Haringey. The child was visited over 60 times in 8 months and two days before he died was visited by a doctor who didn't notice that the child had a broken back. The mother apparantly smeared chocolate on the childs face to hide the bruises.

Lord Laming has been called in by the Childrens Minister Beverley Hughes, to write an independent report.

As discomforting that it is to read these reports, something that I may have 'skimmed' before due to the nature of the stories & the torment I feel for these children, I do understand that due to what I am trying to become I need to embrace the 'difficult' stuff. It is still very hard though especially as I would do anything to have the fortune to be someones mummy and there are those in the world that do not realise the jewels that they have in their lives.

Other links we were asked to look at.....just incase anyone needs them :o)

Tony Blair's 10 yr leadership timeline - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3827555.stm and the printable version http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3827555.stm

File on 4 program transcript - http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:9--0_ru8mCYJ:news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/22_01_08_fo4_abuse.pdf+file+on+four+child+protection+policies&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

Thats my brain fried for today. Have fun.

Right, so what is going on then.

1) Bought a couple of new books.....

.........obviously my Peter Pan that we have to read in half term. Also got the one Tija said was really easy to understand.....sort of need easy sometimes !! The third one bought for my own reading (sad, I know) 'cause it sounded interesting, my next read once I am done with Master Pan.

On the subject of little Pete, I do know this story...........but when you read it with a different head on (imagine now Wurzel Gummage!!!) you can feel different things in the book. Has led me into lots of different places.......totally engrossed!!!!!! I do see why people might think that it is a bit of a mean story, definately NOT Disney, but I think when you understand the story you sort of forgive that. Not sure if that makes sense....it does in my head !!!!!!

Soooo need to get some academic writing done and my newspaper research.....bit off par today...........allowing people to get to me - another one of those things that needs to be put in the 'can do without' column of my time management........I am working on it!!!!

Have put a post on my moodle page about blogspot blogs.......basically the reason why I choose to use it rather than Moodle. If anyone wants to try one but not sure how to get going, drop me a comment at the end of this post or email me (address on Moodle) and I will do my best to help......give it a go, it is easier than it looks !!!!

Anybody got any more good book links??

Night :o)

Hiya!!!!

Hi!!!
Thanks for stopping by. This is my new blog to keep up to date with my new venture in life.....studying. Maybe a bit late to start persuing my dreams but better late than never!!

Going to post all my 'school' stuff here......life stuff over at the other place.......

Will be putting links and books that I find in the side bar........hopefully someone may find them useful!!!!!!

Just wanted to put a post to say HI, will update on progress so far asap - please pop by again......and leave me a comment so that I know I have friends......I like friends :o)